Been playing Aquarian for almost 20 years. They are consistent. You're right, the coating is very durable, more so than the competition.
Every once in a while I'll play a Remo or Evans head. I'm glad every time that I'm using Aquarian.
My dad likes Evans a lot and uses them on most of his snares...they make a nice head, but it's not up to snuff with Aquarian in my opinion. As for Remo...I wouldn't even put them on a set of CB-700s.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MINE!! Those are all Force Ten heads on the toms and a Hi-Impact on the snare.
Nice looking pic of your drums but they seem to be suffering from moongel-itous ;-)
Maybe their needs include the ability to take the moongel off for a different sound. Can't do that with a premuffled head. It is somewhat accepted that head selection and tuning requirements can vary from live unmiced, to live miced, to studio applications.This is the kind of thing that scares me when people swear by a certain brand or style of head and then you see at least 2 or 3 moon gels. They must not meet your needs or you wouldn't need the moon gel. I have found Evans that fit the bill for me with no muffling at all. Then there is the cost. "Aquarians are much cheaper" Yeah until you add 18.00 worth of moongel. I find it hard to respect an opinion on heads when the drummer can't tune them well.
This is the kind of thing that scares me when people swear by a certain brand or style of head and then you see at least 2 or 3 moon gels. They must not meet your needs or you wouldn't need the moon gel. I have found Evans that fit the bill for me with no muffling at all. Then there is the cost. "Aquarians are much cheaper" Yeah until you add 18.00 worth of moongel. I find it hard to respect an opinion on heads when the drummer can't tune them well.
Maybe their needs include the ability to take the moongel off for a different sound. Can't do that with a premuffled head. It is somewhat accepted that head selection and tuning requirements can vary from live unmiced, to live miced, to studio applications.